Farm Life During the Great Depression
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Great Grandma Jeanie sits down with us today to discuss farm life during the great depression.
She grew up on the farm, what we now call off grid, living a mostly sustenance life during the Great Depression. Today she is sharing some of her experience and stories with us. From making toys out of corn stalks, to churning butter and catching water from the roof, Great Grandma was off grid and growing her own food when that was all you could do. That was farm life during the Great Depression in southern Texas.
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When she said, her Daddy was "so like Jesus"......(crying).....most beautiful description she could ever bestow on her Father. What an honor!
I agree that was the most beautiful statement to say about her daddy! I watched this with a smile and joy in my heart, my favorite episode yet! Great Grandma Jeanie you are an inspiration, God Bless and thank you for sharing your stories! 💖
I was flowing tears too! What a remarkable statement and honor to live with that much love!
I am so grateful for my father
I teared up when she said that
It made me cry too. Beautiful.
When we lose someone like your grandmother we lose a lot of knowledge..It is so good to hear the stories.
I stumbled upon this video while browsing through other Homesteading Family videos to watch. As a history lover, I thought “Oh, this will be interesting to watch!” I was not prepared for the emotional grip this sweet lady would have on me. By the end of the video, as she’s telling the tale of the watermelon and her confession to her daddy, I was sobbing. I’m not even sure why, but there was something so beautiful in how she spoke of her parents. I am forever moved by this video, thank you for sharing ❤
It's a very different world, isn't it? Back in the day, there were parents who struggled in their role as parents just as we see now, but somehow I think most people did the best they could and were too busy working to put food on the table to dwell too much on the negatives. Most of us grew up in the era of people taking to television talk shows to air their grievances about their parent's shortcomings. It was so refreshing to see this lovely lady still honoring her parents even as she is so full of years at the time this was filmed.
Grandma Jean reminds me of my momma, born in 1938 in a cabin with dirt floors. I have all the stories, the letters her momma wrote to her and the cornbread recipe. She’s been gone now for 4 years. She was the love of my life. The most supportive unselfish person I have ever known. Thank you for this video. God bless!
Amen and amen!!
I too was choked up hearing her relate the hardships on the farm . Loved how she was not scared when her daddy lowed her down in a bucket into the Cistern . She knew he wasn’t going to let harm befall her . There is something poignant about her story that echos in my own heart . Long ago times are sure worth remembering. Thanks for sharing
She really misses her Daddy. Broke my heart listening to her talk about him. What a wonderful lady!!
Yes I started crying when she confessed she cut open the watermelon and his reaction 😭.
We never grow too old to miss our daddies.
I don’t think daughters ever get over losing our daddy’s , been a year and a half now for me , still hits me like a ton of bricks from time to time
This was such a beautiful talk! Thank you Grandma for joining the pantry chat. I had tears. When Grandma said if her Dad asked her to do it she was never scared it made me think of our Heavenly Father, if He asks us to do something He has already made a way and we do not need to be afraid!
❤😊 Beautifully said. That's also something we read in the Book of Mormon. God never asks us to do something, without preparing the way to do it first. 💯%.
My grandparents grew up in the Great Depression. My grandma said they used onion poultices for bad sicknesses. They heated up the onions, laid them on a cheesecloth on the chest and covered with a warm, wet towel. They say it worked wonders for clearing the chest during colds.
Oh my gosh! Just love your Grandma “ Doris Jean”! What a very special treasure you shared with us all! 93 yrs. old, memory intact!❤️🙏✝️
I am in tears as I listen to her fond memories. How grateful she is for the life she had lived. Her fondness for her parents and her faith are so inspiring.
Loved hearing her talk about her Dad...especially how she never remembers being afraid of him & how she never wanted to disappoint him.
I was casually listening until I heard her mention my nearby towns. It is fascinating to envision that she could have been living in one of the nearby farmhouses where I currently live. Such a neat walk through a past that wasn't so long ago.
I was raised in Cisco, it was great to hear her talk about the area.
I grew up in Coleman County, rodeo in Cross Plains, Rising Star, Cisco and all surrounding areas- some of my very best friends live in those areas still today.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful story with us all!
This was so, so special. Thank you so very much for sharing Gramma Jeanie and her stories with us. I'd love to see more of her, if she's ever up for it again.
I hope you'll give her a hug for me. What a lovely person.
I couldn't possibly love this video more. You're grandmother seems like an amazing woman.
This is the most wonderful RUclips session I have ever watched. I'm so thankful for your grandmother's life and her parents. I'm so thankful for God's work in their lives!
I agree!
What a lovely lady...and I truly enjoyed the stories of her family and faith. It’s just wonderful to still have some folks out there who can recall these important times in our history and for you to be able to capture the conversation in this way was awesome! You are very blessed to come from such sweet folks. My husband’s grandmother is 96 and very much like your grandmother. We try to ask her as many questions as we possibly can about her life during her childhood. Some of the answers simply amaze our teenage sons! She has lived through some really difficult life circumstances...but has such strong faith and just would love to join all her friends and family in heaven...but the good Lord keeps giving her long life and very good health! She still lives alone in her home and walks all over town to get to the rest home and the senior center! Can you believe it?! We should all value our senior citizens more...we are so blessed to have them. Thanks for sharing your grandma with us tonight!
Hi! I miss my grandparents so much! What a treat to hear great stories. Thanks, grandma!
This video blessed my heart! Notice how much of her memories are of all the happy and not much of the hard times stand out. What an incredible testament to her parents. It’s inspirational I’m so many ways!!
What a delight to hear her life experiences, she blessed me to pieces!
Such a blessing, makes me remember my little granny and oh, how I miss her and my granddaddy so much. She died in her 90’s he passed 6 months later. I loved their stories of the Great Depression and life on the farm. One thing I’m thankful for is what all she taught me before she passed. She taught me how to garden and can. She always told me if you can learn to feed yourself you want go hungry. She said, there will come a day you’ll have a wheel barrel full of money and you’ll not be able to buy a loaf of bread. Thank you for all you do for teaching this way of life.
I lost my last grandparent when I was just under 13, I remember seeing her do lots of old fashioned things and to my surprise without much instruction can intuitively recreate some of it. I didn't yet have the mindset to ask her much about her history or to truly listen in the rare instances she volunteered such stories. I wish I could have a talk with each of them like this, but I feel I got a close second watching this. I feel like I sort of reconnected with them through her stories and that makes me feel really happy and grateful. Thank you all so much for sharing.
The watermelon story!!! Isn't that the goal as a parent! Such a sweet lady what a blessing to me getting to listen in! Thanks for sharing
This generation is an absolute treasure. My grandma will be 96 in October. I love asking her about life growing up on the farm with a big family.
Awesome video! Thank You Grandma for joining the pantry chat! My mom was born on 11/11/1920. My dad was born 6/21/1922. My mom lived on a tobacco farm in the great south. I remember her saying that she and her sister were sent into the fields to snap the tobacco worms in half 😆 My mom took scissors into the field because she did not want to touch the worms 🐛 This chat hits home to me 😇 They are in heaven now ✨🌹 God Bless You grandma 🥰
This is history GOLD!!!!!! Thank you Great grandma 😘
I cannot thank you enough for sharing your great grandma with us. She is an absolute treasure. I could listen to her for many many hours on end and be happier every second. I am 50. My father-in-law is 83...he has been my best friend since my daddy died when I was 14 and he helped us with a place to bury him. My FIL was born in 1940. Our elders are not only full of entertaining stories of their lives, but they are full of a wealth of knowledge that we must be grateful to get from them. She is an amazing & beautiful woman. It is a testament to the family strength & values to see & hear her talking so positive about her life. Times were hard, yet she can laugh and be happy about things she did all through her childhood. I haven't smiled this much in years. I will be watching this video many times. Sending all my love & blessings to her. Thank you again. Love & hugs💕🥰🦋
When she said she wasn't scared at all because her Daddy said it was safe was one of the best things a father could EVER hear. I hope my girls feel like that.
It’s beyond beautiful when you realize that she’s telling us all of these stories from the memories of the 6 year old she used to be. That’s why it was always “fun”. ♥️
By the way…I live in San Angelo. 2 hours from Odessa. So I knew all the places she spoke of. ♥️
This is such a special video. I was riveted to it as I watched it, albeit with interruptions. This is the sort of video that is unforgettable. I find myself going over and reflecting on the details shared by your grandmother over and over again in my mind, and I've been sharing bits and pieces of her story with my own family. She had such different and interesting experiences. When I was retelling her confession about the watermelon, I got misty-eyed at the grace and mercy her father gave her, and by her love and appreciation for both of her parents although she seemed especially fond of her "daddy." I just wanted to thank you again for sharing this very personal video and piece of your family's history. I feel very blessed to have been able to hear your grandmother's story. It really is a gift to be able to have a recording of her sharing these details so you'll all remember them. What a blessing to have her visit your homestead and help with the weeding too! Sounds like you all made lots of memories! 😊
GOD BLESS GRANDMA !! What a blessing she was to listen to 🥰
Love listening to our elders stories! 🥰 My Oma passed and I wish we wrote down all her stories to store them all!
I wish I had some of her recipes.
I can't tell you how much I appreciate Grandma sharing her experience with us. Thank you.
I loved this so much! Would love for y'all to have her sit down again and tell more stories💕 You are so blessed to have her a part of your lives. I especially loved her fondness of her father. It's so important for children to have great relationships with their fathers❤ I have many great memories of mine too.
That was just SO dang wholesome and lovely. What a gift! I never got to know my grandparents (let alone great grandparents!), and it felt like I got a glimpse of what that would've been like. Thank you for that. ❤
What a treasure! I love hearing older people talk about life back then. They are a wealth of information!
God Bless Her💕
How wonderful to hear Great Grandma Jeannie, it brought back my mom and dad’s stories. One of the things l remember is dad using cardboard in his shoes for new soles. Jeannie reminds me of my Granny Liza (Lantz) maiden name. She’s a trooper and what a sweet soul and spirit. Thank you for sharing her. 💜
Greetings Homestead Family..my grandfather was born in Austin TX in 1922.. his mother divorced his father in the late 20s wich was unheard of at that time..my great grandma sold insurance and was quite successful..my father's family is from PA ..his grandfather had a farm..her stories remind me of the Amish and Mennonites here in PA.. I love hearing old stories..we rely so much on modern convenience but we don't realize that we are here in the world today because the people that came before us survived off of practically nothing..I'm trying to be self reliant and grow my vegatables this year ..I'm really proud of myself because I never thought I could but I proved myself wrong and I'm doing it..Thank you so much for giving people like myself the courage to go out there and grow my food.. blessings to you and your family 😇 😇😇 😇
This was just the sweetest, most wonderful talk! Thank you so much for sharing an hour with Grandma! ❤❤❤
She is so sweet! What a blessing to have her in your lives ❤
Family and Faith , amen !
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@@marysunshine8371 Hello Mary, Southern Manitoba here Prairies.
I love her stories! Our world needs more of this please, such a treasure! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
I just LOVE her. This was such a beautiful, encouraging video. Thank you so much for sharing your grandma. ❤️
What a treasure this video is. We have lost so much of our history. I'm going to have my grandchildren watch this.
Cisterns collect rain water that typically runs off the roof of the home. A pitcher of fresh milk sat on the table. A pure silver dollar was placed into the pitcher to fight bacteria so it didn't spoil and tasted sweet. Thank you for sharing your memories. In many ways they are similar to ours. Love that era of time, families were closer, your word was your bond, people said what they meant and meant what they said....times were hard but families worked together to get through the hard times and most remained together through it all. It was said that work wasn't so bad, after all, we only worked just half a day...sunup til sundown.
Betty L Wow! And just think what we take for granted in today’s world. All we have to do is go to the grocery store, purchase a gallon of milk, bring it home, and put it in the refrigerator 😳 I truly love hearing from our beloved older family members! This video was truly awesome ❣️
@@lulamamie8524 we do have a softer life in many respects compared to then but if it were possible to turn back time, I would love to live and farm in that era. Now i have no one with which to do so and the years are quickly pushing the hands of time. May God bless this family with continued good health, bind them together with much love and allow them much success in all they do as they live for Him.
Betty L Amen ❣️
Those little tidbits might come in handy again one day! Alot of people don't know about the silver dollar in raw milk.
My prayers are also for my family to love the Lord Jesus with all of our heart because of what He has done on the cross for us. What a wonderful savior we have!
This lady has a wonderful spirit! 🙏
Enjoyed listening to grandma. It brought back good memories of how my aunts, uncles, and grandparents raised them. My Dad raised us with the depression era lifestyle instilled somewhat in us as well. I sure wish young marrieds today saw the importance of living and raising their children in a Godly life. Having larger families that have less material objects but strong in faith and love and valuing family. It would be a much happier and less dangerous world.
I love this! These memories are so precious. It’s wonderful that you have documented her experiences and thoughts. I should interview my grandmother and get some tapes of us talking.
I am glad I listened to my grandparents who raised 9 children on a farm during the great depression. I lived with them for 2 years from ages 8 to 10. I learned to can, naturally dehydrate various produce, smoke meats, butcher rabbits/chickens/turkeys, clean&gut fish, sew by hand, quilt and so much more.
Love, Love, Love this video! Such a precious little lady! I teared up so many times watching. Your children will be so thankful this video was made of her and her stories!💖💖💖
I know I teared up to. Could listen to get all day.
How wonderful she is, what a sweet spirit, tfs... the lesson we learn from the elderly are priceless.
What a Blessing! Thanks for honoring your beautiful grandma❤️🙏🏻
Love watching this and listening to her stories. It reminded me of my mother and father and the hardships they lived through. My father worked through the same work program during the depression. I remembery mother always saved bits of thread too. She would rolls the bits up into little balls and keep them in her button box. Life was sure different back then.
I hope your grandmother is still with you since this video is from a year ago. She's a treasure.
I LOVE GRANDMA!! She made me laugh and she made me cry!! One of the most enjoyable RUclips programs I have ever listened to, and I have listened to many!! She is precious!! My Mom is almost 94 and has her great memories too… We are so fortunate to have them and their knowledge! I love you Grandma!!!❤❤❤
I loved this pantry chat, my grandmother was a story teller how I miss those times. How very blessed your family is to have grandma with you still. Thank you for sharing her with us.
Vids like this are the best on YT, period!
The story is amazing. My mother was born in 1921. There were also 6 girls and 2 boys. They grew up on a farm in Wisconsin during the depression. One of the boys died young of pneumonia and the other boy accidentally had his leg cut off by the tractor. The girls helped on the farm. When my grandfather heard the car companies were making money they moved near Detroit and my grandfather moved everyone to a city near there and made car parts. Then everyone once again moved to a farm in the center of Michigan. They always had enough to eat on the farm. My mother got married during WW II. I remember the 50s 60s and 70s really well. Our family had restaurants during that time and enjoyed the same spirit working together as family. My father loved to cook and made homemade meals. Then on Sundays the restaurant was closed and we enjoyed getting together having a family meal together.
This was awesome. I tried to get my grandma to do this and she didn't want to be filmed, but I got it on audio. Please thank her for being willing to do this!
I wondered since her dad had problems with his lungs, if that wasnt due to the Dust Bowl that happened around the depression. That was really hard on the families back then.
My father was born in 1910 and my mother 1920. I love to listen to all the history these people went through!
My paternal grandmother worked in a cotton mill during the depression. She and many others of the time contracted what was known as brown lung disease. Coal miners used to get black lung disease. There were many causes of lung problems other than the dust bowl...
@@george217 Could have been "consumption" TB. Seems like while doing genealogy I've seen many death certificates with this as cause of death."During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States, and one of the most feared diseases in the world. Formerly called “consumption,” tuberculosis is characterized externally by fatigue, night sweats, and a general “wasting away” of the victim."(from internet)
Many things contribute to lung issues but the dust bowl might well have been a major contributor to his issues. My grandma has had life-long issues with asthma. And while asthma does seem to run in our family to some degree - Whopping Cough as an infant, TB as a toddler, burning coal for heating and cooking in her early years and exposure to cigarette/cigar smoke all contributed to her condition, resulting in severe asthma for her.
I would think its certainly a possible contributing factor especially since she said the doctors told him he'd die if he stayed on the farm. Assuming his chances were better in town then the openness of the fields would presumably be part of the problem.
Farmers lung also exist
I love stories of the past that connect culture, time and humanity. Your great grandma’s story sounds exactly of my great grandmother’s story but they moved on from Texas following the fields for work event landing in CA. When they tried to head home, their money ran out in AZ and that’s where we have stayed till today.
This is why depression now would be so much worse. Most people now lack the basic skills, are too reliant on just buying things, lack in moral values and faith as well as community and family closeness. This time around it's going to be something else. What a great lady your great-grandma is . Truly great.
I was raised by Parents that went through the Great Depression. They would remind us often, "Use it up, Wear it out, Make Do or Do without."
What a beautiful lady! Thank you Grandma Jeanie for sharing with us, I feel so blessed and privileged to have heard your wonderful stories and memories!
I especially enjoyed this episode. Loved grandma's stories. I wish her a long life.
Thank you all for what you do. I have learned so much.
"He was so much like Jesus". I'm in tears listening to Grandma!!! What a precious soul. Made my miss my nana... She was my caretaker and raised me to know Jesus. Also born in 1922... Survived the depression! Taught me to be thankful
WOW! That was incredible. I watched, and listened to every single word for all 52 minutes, and it was just like I was sitting around listening to my own grandma tell her stories of growing up in the depression era. Your grandma is a special lady, thank you for sharing her, and her stories with all of us. 💗
This is beautiful! Love the relationship, the wisdom, the history!!
This was so beautiful! I really appreciate y'all having this on your channel and her willingness to participate and explain all of this. Thank you so much! It's just so funny how similar what she says and how she explains life to my Dad and how he talks about his Dad. I love it! Thank you
This video had my husband and I in tears such a beautiful lady and the way she describes her dad and mother was absolutely beautiful!
My heart was bursting with emotion as I listened to you sweet grandmother. I miss my parents who would be 99 and 102. Their stories and the years growing up on their parents’ farms keep me company today.
I so enjoyed this talk and the love and devotion you two shower her with. Blessings
What a great episode and precious memories you have from your time with her! ❤️ Thanks for sharing her with us.
I enjoyed this so much. What a blessing to hear these old stories and have it documented for your children. Please thank your Grandma for sharing.
Brought tears to my eyes. What a beautiful woman.
You never asked weather it was worth it, you just went and did it. That is pure gold. What a beautiful soul. As i relaxed listening. Peach orchids and pecan trees were abundant in my area. The peach state is home, so I was drawn in even more. Imagining my own family and your family are really only different due to location. My goodness what a blessing it was to journey down memory lane with. The trust in her father is heart warming. Thank you for sharing.
So nice to hear the experiences of the old times. It was a hard time but a wonderful time with family and the simplicity of things. Ty all for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing your memories Miss Jeanie!
My dads grandparents grew up in the Great Depression in Texas and much of what he’s told me from their stories are like hers. My dad told me when he would visit them(when they were older) they would just get SO much pleasure and happiness from feeding him. They LOVED to watch them eat. We take so much for granted these days
What a wonderful woman. Shows how resilient people were . Thanks for sharing
Awww, thank you for sharing with us Miss Jeanie! We're so glad to see you well!❤❤
What an awesome video. Her talking about her daddy just brought tears to my eyes!
Listen well ya'll, these stories are what make us smart, and when the stories are gone you will miss the learning and the love.
I was born in 1958 and my family lived in an unincorporated community. We didn’t have plumbing at all and some of us didn’t have electricity. There were only a few telephones in the area. One of my Aunts had one, so everyone would go over to her home to use it when necessary. There were only party lines at that time. My mother had to cook on wood heaters. She never had an actual wood cooking stove, so the wood heater was her only option. And my dad sometimes would cook outside. We lived off of wild game and what vegetables we could get from various gardens. My mother made the best bread and her pecan pies were amazing.
Wonderful history! Your family will treasure this oral interview. Delightful stories to pass down to the next generation.
That was such a treat! What a beautiful gift to have her still with you and to learn of the gospel legacy in your family. 😍
Her descriptions of life at that time matches most country people of that time and up thru the 40's and the 50's. My family lived that way but I was younger that times were better by the time I was school age---no bathroom until I was 16 years old. We had a farm and dairy, made cottage cheese but different way than what she said, churned butter in a glass churn with wooden paddles. Raised everything we ate except oatmeal, coffee and sugar. Had an Orchard, strawberry patch, picked wild blackberries, raised chickens, hogs and beef--also had smoke house where my Dad sugar cured ham and bacon. Canned at least a 1000 cans of fruits and vegetables plus a couple hundred cans of jams and jellies and another couple hundred cans of pickles, relish and pickled beets, all lined up in basement. Huge bins of sweet potatoes and irish potatoes. Bee hives in the orchard for honey. My Uncle worked for the WPA. My Mom made feedsack dresses for me and herself, feedsack towels, curtains, quilts all on a pedal sewing machine. I learned to do all that too using the same machine. Great food, great times, we were poor but did not know it since our neighbors and friends were too.
What a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing her with us . Love God and he will provide.
So glad you have this video. I know after she passes y'all can look back on this and still hear her voice and see her face it will mean alot
Just love this so much. Reminds me of when my Grandma tells us her stories when she was younger. She was born in 29. God bless you and your family.
I'm in my sixties and my grandma was an adult during the Depression. She also saved everything. She was well off later in life and at her house she still had drawers full of odds and ends she saved such as pieces of foil, rubberbands etc. anything left over she saved even when we pleded with her it wasn't necessary.
What a Sweetheart grandma is. My husband hauled crude oil out west around Big Spring, Odesa’s, and Pecos area. He stories reminded me of my grandparents. Sure do miss them.
So wonderful! My mom is 93, and is such a blessing! Never get tired of hearing about life back then. Thank you for sharing!
Such rich history being shared here! So glad y'all invited Jeanie to be on your show!
So sweet listening to your grandma. My grand parents, lived in Oklahoma, on a farm. They had 8 kids, one died at birth. Mom was the oldest, and I was the first grandchild. My moms youngest sister, was a year older than me. They had a house with three bedrooms. No insulation, no plumbing, and was lucky to have natural gas. They had both a cistern, and well house. I was lucky enough to be with them. I would stay summers, and loved it. I remember when I was about 6, all the uncles got together to plumb a pump into the kitchen sink. Bath was in a copper tub, and several used the same water. I was born in 1963, and cherish these memories.
Loved Grandma . Thx for having her on video. Tell her how much we appreciate her wisdom & brought back lots of memories to me.
Thank you madam. My dad who's 90, grew up in Iowa and when you said " we drank the buttermilk " . Well, pop says the same. But thank you for sharing, LOVED the stories. Someone got that ham. Hope they needed it more.. God bless...
Yep, my grandma loved that buttermilk too
Treat him to some with his lunch sandwhich...
My grandparents cistern was made with fitted flagstones there're soft and can be shaped so my 2X great granddad shapped them all and sealed it with clay he was a stone macon for his occupation but mainly a farmer. The cistern was under half the house and the fruit cellar was the other half the cistern wall was one wall of the cellar.
Why water under the house? Did it help maintain temperature in the house and help keep the water from freezing?
This came up in my youtube feed today, 6/23/23. Thank you so much for sharing your grandma! I was raised by my grandparents. Grandma was a young girl during the Great Depression. She lived in Council Bluff, and Kansas City Missouri. Her dad was a baker.
My grandpa was raised on farms in Abilene TX and Wilcox AZ. As I listened to their stories, I realized it was better to be on a farm than a city because you had a garden and animals. So you had food. 👍
At 66, I’m now the grandma with 18 grandchildren. My childhood was WONDERFUL because my grandparents raised me and my 2 sisters. We were so blessed!!!❤️ your grandma reminded me of my grandma, who passed away in August 2007.
Thanks again!❤
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful woman’s wisdom with us! I can see she’s influenced y’all, and that in itself is a wonderful, biblical legacy she’s left to her family.
This was one of the best videos I have ever watched. I tested up a couple of times listening to her. And her memory is remarkable!!! I am sure you will cherish this video for a very long time. I took some great lessons from Grandma, so thank you! ❤️
Gosh I love hearing stories told by our elders, it warms me thru to my soul. Thank you for this video and tell your grandma thank you and how much we enjoyed hearing her stories.
What a dear lady! This was so very beautiful. Brought years to my eyes when she talked about her sister.
Love all these old stories! We live off grid on our 60 acres. We have no intention of bringing electricity back here! We are implementing many of these things here. We only have a 2” well, so we bought a jack-pump from an old Amish man and we attached it to a motor, so we could pump the water down into a cistern in the basement. If we can’t get gas someday, we can still hand pump it down in the cistern. Maybe someday we can get a windmill.
What a wonderful, sweet, and alert little lady! I thoroughly enjoyed her story! I could listen to her for hours! Thanks for sharing her with us!
What a great video! History is so important!!!!
This heartfelt video brought a tear to my eye. My mother died recently at 91yrs. Your Grandma reminds me of her. Wish I had a Daddy like her but wasn't meant to be as I was nearly 4 when he passed. Family history is such a treasure , I can see and hear the love. Thank you for sharing Your videos are truly inspiring ❤ Take care.
I'm sorry to hear about your mom passing. My mom just passed on March 11 and she would've been 92 on May 27th. I'm listening to this because it reminds me of the stories she'd tell me too. Our elders are so precious!🥰
My grandmother was born in 1899 and had 12 children. My daddy was the 11th child so when he was born he had nieces and nephews older than him. I loved to listen to my grandmothers stories of the wagon trails back and forth from Louisiana to California and all the sights she witnessed to and from. They finally settled in Louisiana when my grandfather became ill. She passed away in 1989 and had over 150 grandchildren and up to 4 generation of great grandchildren. I was her youngest granddaughter and had 2 children of my own when she passed away. Thank you for sharing your beautiful great grandma with us, it brought back a lot of memories for me and the hardships my grandmother went through. ♥️